Ancient Greek mankind, on its try to explain certain metaphysical phenomena and anxieties, invented amazing fables concerning the Cosmogony (the Creation of the World) and the Theogony (the Birth of the Gods).
Thus, the ancient Greeks created their own splendid, but human-like world of gods, justifying the various abstract significances like Love, Birth or Death
Gabe
Credits:http://www.greek-gods.info/
picture of Poseidon, the God of the Oceans in Greek mythology
His symbol was the trident and his sacred animals were the dolphin and the horse. According to a tradition, he was the one who breathed life into the first horse on earth.
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The Greek and Roman pantheons of gods and goddesses are a mirror reflection of one another, with a cross cultural effect on Roman culture. (http://www.essortment.com/all/greekromanmyth_rnpe.htm)
Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty. She was married to Hephaestus, but she love Ares, the god of war. A.K.A. in Rome: Venus. SAM
Ancient Greek statue of Poseidon preserved at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens
Credits to -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posidon
Poseidon was the God of water and could control it along with earthquakes. He was also ruler over water nyphs, river spirits and was creator of horses, his Roman name was Neptune
Thomas
Artemis The Greek godess of the hunt. She is an eternal maiden who swore against dating or marriage. The godess of the moon and a child of Zeus. By. Mitchell
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Thus, the ancient Greeks created their own splendid, but human-like world of gods, justifying the various abstract significances like Love, Birth or Death
Gabe
Credits:http://www.greek-gods.info/
His symbol was the trident and his sacred animals were the dolphin and the horse. According to a tradition, he was the one who breathed life into the first horse on earth.
Credits- http://www.greek-gods.info/greek-gods/poseidon/
Michaela
the below from jordan
The Greek and Roman pantheons of gods and goddesses are a mirror reflection of one another, with a cross cultural effect on Roman culture. (http://www.essortment.com/all/greekromanmyth_rnpe.htm)
This is Ares the Greek god of war and hate or in his roman form he is called Mars. ( http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8hO0Dhr4viw/S9ndvBPDNWI/AAAAAAAAABc/9hGwl6zPmlY/s1600/Ares_p107.jpg)
Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty. She was married to Hephaestus, but she love Ares, the god of war. A.K.A. in Rome: Venus.
Poseidon was the God of water and could control it along with earthquakes. He was also ruler over water nyphs, river spirits and was creator of horses, his Roman name was Neptune
Thomas
Website:http://www.historyking.com/Ancient-Greece/Greek-mythology/greek-god/hades/Symbol-For-The-God-Hades.html
Hades is considered as the god of the underworld and also eh rules over all the wealth found in the core of the earth. He also rules the land of the dead and presides over the rights of the dead. Hades is the third son of Kronus and Rhea. They were Titans
Artemis
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